r)2() SEALK. 



Ill' eyu ; maiiilililr nidiiit;' iiihIci- nnlcrioi- jiiai'iiiii of t-vf, \\)v lower jaw 

 slightlj' tli<' loJi;4est. 'I'celli j-atluT sti'oiij;-. in two scrii's. the sccoml 

 alternating with those of first series. 



(xill o])enin<;s wide, cai'i'ied forward to helow antei'ior iiiiugin of orbit, 

 gill rakers shar|)-])ointed, rathei' long, about IS on lowej- limb. 



Body entirely covered with etenoid scale-. -Ml the lias e.vce])t ventrals 

 more or less scaled. Large scaly sheaths al dorsal and anal, three rows 

 of scales on preo])ercle. 



Origin of dorsal tin midway ))etween lip of sniml ainj base of last 

 dorsal sjjine, (he median doi'sal spines are longest, being 'i in head. 

 Longest dorsal I'ay abont etpial to longest anal I'ay, being 1.50 in head; 

 dorsal, anal, and caudal sharp-pointed, caudal scarcely emarginate. 

 Origin of anal iindei' base of eleventh dorsal spine, being nearer origin of 

 \entrals than to base of caudal. Origin of ventrals uiiflway between 

 anal and a vei'tical line M-ifli antei'ioi' niai'gin of ]iu]iil. Caudal equal 

 to length of head. 



Color in life yellowish white, with two reddish brown vertical areas, one 

 oecuping the entire head, its posterioi- border from origin of dorsal to 

 origin of ventrals, the second is from si.xth dorsal spine to base of sixth 

 soft dorsal ray down on sides to anterior half of anal tin. A large black 

 yellow-edged ocellus on the last four spines, leniainder of soft doi'sal and 

 caudal are yellowish white, the anal is bright yellow, some ])urplish on its 

 anterior jnirt. Ventrals white with some purplish anteriorly: no spot in 

 axil of pectoral or at origin of lateral line. 



Color in alcohol similar to above, bvit the ])urplisli on a!ial more 

 <listinct, forming a dusky anterior border to (in. 



Type is No. 4(;8!l. Secured by the writer and C. Canonizado at the 

 Island of Sitanki, Jolo Archipelago. Vi July. l!)ilS. Leng-th 355 milli- 

 meters. 



This species is related to P. nolaphthalmus Bleeker but differs con- 

 siderably in tlie color markings and in having preorbital strongly serrated, 

 the anal fin shar])-pointed and the black spot above operculum absent. 



Abudefduf coracinus Seale. sp. iiov. I'late Xlll. 



Head :i.()ii: depth 'i : dorsal .\ll!. 14: anal 11. lo : scales 27; 18 pores 

 in lateral line which ends under middle of soft dorsal, 1-1 scales in vertical 

 series; eye 3.5(1: snout 3.10: interorbital siiace 'iJiO: maxillary 3.55: 

 numdible 3: pectorals l.lO: ventrals longer than bead. .3.15 in length, 

 caudal peduncle l.fiO in head. 



Body is oblong com])ressed, its depth is about the sann' at origin of 

 ventrals as at origin of anal, depth of caudal jieduncle is slightly greater 

 than its length. 



Head is evenly rounded. The jaws when closed ai'c e(|ual. The 

 greatest width of head is 1.75 in its greatest dejith, the pi-otile both from 



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